Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov chaired the first meeting of the organising committee for the Year of the Environment 2017, that took place at the Kremlin.

Alexander Bedritsky, Adviser to the President and Special Presidential Representative on Climate Issues, has chaired a regular meeting of the Presidential Executive Office’s Interdepartmental Working Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development.

Presidential Aide and Secretary of the State Council Igor Levitin held the first meeting of the working group for preparing a State Council Presidium meeting on developing Russia’s internal waterways.

The Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office took part in a ceremony launching the Narva road tunnel built to protect the Far Eastern Leopards.

In line with Vladimir Putin’s decision, the outside lighting at the Moscow Kremlin, the President’s official residence, will be turned off for an hour (from 8.30 to 9.30 pm Moscow time) on March 19 as part of Moscow’s participation in the international environmental awareness event Earth Hour.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov chaired a meeting of the Supervisory Board of the Far Eastern Leopards autonomous non-profit organisation dedicated to the organisation’s work in 2015 and targets for 2016.

Vladimir Putin signed Executive Order On Holding the Year of the Environment in the Russian Federation in 2017.

Vladimir Putin singed a list of instructions following his meeting with the core members of the Russian Popular Front to discuss the implementation of the project For Fair Public Procurement, which took place on November 27, 2015.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov met with a delegation from the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).

Vladimir Putin made a press statement and answered questions from Russian and foreign journalists following his visit to France to participate in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Vladimir Putin took part in the 21^st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 11^th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP).

Vladimir Putin met with CEO of MMC Norilsk Nickel Vladimir Potanin to discuss plans to upgrade production and the implementation of the company’s social projects.

Vladimir Putin held a Security Council meeting to discuss state policy on Russia’s nuclear, radiation, chemical and biological security.

Vladimir Putin had a meeting with Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Sergei Donskoy.

A meeting was held of the Presidential Executive Office’s Interdepartmental working group on climate change and sustainable development.

Vladimir Putin sent his greetings to participants in Tiger Day celebrations.

Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov took part in a discussion on the subject Sustainable Development: Business and Preserving Biodiversity, which was part of the Eastern Economic Forum. On the forum’s sidelines, Mr Ivanov also visited the exhibition The Far East: the Land of Wild Nature.

Vladimir Putin signed a list of instructions on the establishment and development of Bikin National Park.

Following Vladimir Putin’s decision, the outside lighting at the Moscow Kremlin, the official residence of the Russian President, will be switched off for one hour (from 8:30 pm to 9:00 pm Moscow time) as part of Earth Hour international environmental protection event on March 28.

The Presidential Executive Office Interagency Working Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development held a regular meeting.